Columbia Intermediate School

Columbia Intermediate School is a roomy 6-8 campus in Kings Mills, Ohio, run under Kings Local. The school instructs 809 students in grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 68% above the state mean of about 482.

Within Kings Local, which oversees 7 schools and 5,073 students, Columbia Intermediate School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Columbia Intermediate School reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 13% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Warren County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Columbia Intermediate School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Columbia Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 80.3%; this one delivers 82.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Warren County indicate median household earnings sit near $110,132, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Warren County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,898 students), of which Columbia Intermediate School is one.

J F Burns Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Columbia Intermediate School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Columbia Intermediate School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 83.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbia Intermediate School has rose 24%, going from 652 students in 2018 to 809 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 84% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

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